To a New Lover (Dow, set by R. Baksa) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Hasten to make me tender songs, and gay --
    Kiss my shoulders, and gather me roses.roses.
I am the prey the Hunters of Youth pursue,
    And Time, the pointer, stealthily circles, closes.

Find me the greenest fields and the bluest skies,
    Vow yourself for a hundred years my lover--
Let me believe that all out vows, with the roses scent,
    Sweet.so sweet, shall last for a life, and over.

Songs, and kisses, and roses.so goes delight.
    Hold me closer, nor let me recall this thing--
That our roses are only.roses, after all,
    And lover, as deceitful, impermanent, as the Spring!

Input by Robert Baksa

Authorship

Dorothy Dow

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Robert F. Baksa (1938-)

Dow Songs

Date added to the website: 2005-01-13.

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